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Old 09-11-2003, 09:49 AM
StevieG StevieG is offline
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Default Re: Basic holdem combination question.

So now we try to calculate the possible pairs. There are 13 different ranks that can pair. A pair is 2 suits out of four, so for each rank we have (4 choose 2) 6 pairs avaailable. Hence, 78.
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